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Blog / Academics & Research
Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever
prodigious supply of educational solenoids, I turned to my ex-roommate, Katelyn ... spelling, is my academic advisor.] This is my class schedule for Fall '09 ... can swallow your weekly serving of credit hours. For instance, my -
Blog / Academics & Research
cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit
post i’ll briefly summarize a few of my favorite readings from the class ... ) but was probably the most impressive reading from the class in my ... . this is a cute project which doesn’t really perform cognitive -
Blog / How to Human
my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something
to my schedule but, instead, days that were fully my own. Before making my decision, I spent a lot of time sitting and thinking. There’s much ... . FYI: I gapped during the COVID-19 year (June 2020 - August 2021), so my -
Blog / How to MIT
You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.
concrete roadmap for the next four years -- I basically re-made my class plan ... to pick classes. Questions about dorms On my marathon tour of Mac ... outdoorsy -- certainly my entry isn't. There's really quite a bit of variation -
Blog / Academics & Research
WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)
; Often (and my roommates have heard me use this analogy countless times), I ... major in Course 8 - I'll leave it to my roommate, Zach. (he finishes the 8 ... reason why it took so long was because the orgo reactions on my 5.111 pset -
Blog / About Decisions
What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside
reading about your passions and achievements. I polled my colleagues about ... music I listen to). What're you eating/drinking? I have to start my ... have a dedicated home office space. I always read in my office so I can -
Blog / How to Human
“Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom
note="My roommate can attest to my numerous skincare products that sit ... world~. Whether they voiced it or not, I knew my family was really worried about my decision to go to MIT. Of course they were proud of me, as -
Blog / Extracurriculars
22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!
returned from my gap year last September. I knew I’d changed a lot over my gap year, but my transition back into being an MIT student both ... my blog where I left off — the version of me typing up this blog post -
Blog / Challenges
Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT
(my roommate would arrive in about a week). I gave up when I got onto ... boxes in Saran Wrap. Inside the boxes, I carefully loaded all of my clothes, my bedding, my shoes, the books I'd yet to read, my crochet hooks -
Blog / How to Human
Womanhood
to my identity as a woman. There’s a common theme here, though; it ... , but my general impression is that growing up is just the process of ... , however regrettable that may be. 1 My Existence is Performative -
Blog / Life after MIT
The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret
of my roommates when I was two years out of college, who had formerly ... honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the best years of my life here, but it has proven to continue to define my life in countless -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl
, but more because of how much it makes my roommate laugh whenever I try ... away from my dorm? Do I talk about the halal food that’s served in Mc ... in my hijab? When I found out about Muslim Women’s Day, I immediately -
Blog / Academics & Research
Senior Spring a little life update
weeks: My roommates have a dog, and she is perfect, and I pet her all ... Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... school. All my classes are remote, and I don’t have campus access, so I can -
Blog / Classes
Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?
?[/annotation] My roommate, Mariia, once told me that she can't complete any of her ... My name is Camille (Cami) Mejia. I am a lover of music, dogs, baking ... whatever MIT has to throw at me. That last paragraph is supposedly my -
Blog / Admissions
The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!
, my family sat down around the kitchen table for a discussion. My dad ... for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the -
Blog / How to Food
what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost
honest review of MIT dining hall food, sponsored by my lovely [annotation ... meal plan YIPPEE unlike the majority of my friends. but also lowkey MIT ... . [/annotation] I’m happy to say that both my [annotation note="one of the new apps -
Blog / Miscellaneous
a walk down memory lane in the form of albums
incredible musical journey throughout my life and I thought I'd try and take you all through that with me. For a brief overview into my different ... this post: Birth to ??? 5th Grade?: Whatever's on the radio/whatever my -
Blog / Academics & Research
everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession
a bet. I had been telling him about my research interests and my ... read an article about you in twenty years." That caught my ear, though ... ,[/annotation] if he sees my name show up somewhere. I still don't think I'll go on to -
Blog / How to Human
Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet
. Plan to partition your room evenly if you have a roommate. If you take a